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Jolly, pink-cheeked Father Moore estimates that he will need at least a million dollars, perhaps two, to get the order established in the U.S., though once it is set up, a small endowment will maintain it. He has already received letters from dozens of applicants and two offers of land—in Vermont and California. Raising the money and getting things started may take some time and energy, but spry septuagenarian Moore has both. When he applied for admission to Miraflores, he carefully neglected to mention his age. Said the prior when he saw the novice: "Why, you are a young man."